Longview Centennial Calendar

Longview Centennial Countdown of Events

To volunteer: Please contact: Reed Hadley longviewcentury@gmail.com or Arleen Hubble ahubble61@gmail.com Students: For ways to earn volunteer hours for school, contact Danielle Robbins. Email: RobbinsD@co.cowlitz.wa.us

2022

Monthly CRR’s People+Place Then and Now

2023 Friday Centennial Kickoff Community Open House

Jan 20 6–8pm at The Merk, Downtown Longview Historical displays • 25-Year Time Capsule Opening Bubbly • Family-friendly • FREE • Everyone’s invited!

Feb. 5 Southwest Washington Symphony Family Concert

3pm Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts Mar 24-25 “A Night to Remember,” by Cabaret Follies of Lower Columbia June 24 Centennial Car Show - Vintage 1920s-30s-40-50s Reg. fee $25

June 30 CRR’s “The Long View* Book Launch & Gala Variety Show

Rose Center, Lower Columbia College

Sept 8-9 Centennial Celebration: Banquet, Drone Shows, Parade

U.S. MAIL: P.O. Box 1035, Longview, WA 98632

WEBSITE longview100.org

Info • Upcoming Events • Merchandise

Historic Calendars $5, Centennial Lapel Pins $3 Official Centennial Coins $10, T-shirts $15-18, Pens $1, Tumblers, etc now available at Kelso Longview Chamber Visitor Center next to I-5 in Kelso, and Longview YMCA.

Calendars also available at Paperbacks Galore and Cowlitz County Historical Museum

Watch this space or check online for Centennial-related community events!

* The Long View is an independent Columbia River Reader project. CRR also collaborates with and supports the goals and events organized by the Longview Centennial Committee, headed by Reed Hadley.

Miss Manners from page 4

I’m teaching my children to write out thankyou notes and address the envelopes, yet all we receive are texted thank-yous. I have accepted that a text is better than nothing at all in this modern world.

GENTLE READER: Judging from the complaints Miss Manners receives from those whose generosity goes unacknowledged, the new norm is to ignore receiving presents while expecting them to continue to be given. Indeed, many would consider you lucky to have gotten any reaction other than the bank’s confirmation that the celebratory check was cashed. It will not surprise you that Miss Manners does not endorse “new norms” as proper behavior if they are hurtful. And that she, like you, is still in favor of handwritten letters of thanks. Why -- when texting is so easy and instant? Well, that is the problem. The entire custom of giving and accepting presents is being gutted to remove from it the bother of thought and effort. Wouldbe donors are spared the necessity of thinking about what would be appreciated, as they are issued lists of requests. And the recipients key their responses, or lack of them, to that minimal (if sometimes costly) effort. What Miss Manners wonders is: What is left? What is the point? The point in the ancient, noble tradition of exchanging presents was that it made people take close notice of those about whom they cared. The idea was to put thought into what might please someone. It didn’t always work. Inevitably there were disappointing presents, which would be quietly stashed, secretly regifted or tolerated as a source of humor. But when it did work, it was wonderful. The recipient’s delight was not only in getting something desirable, but in being so well understood, and having a keepsake as a reminder of that thoughtfulness. In turn, the donor was thrilled when told just how much of a success the gift was. Too bad that all of that is being lost. But good for you to teach your children to express gratitude: It will be all the more appreciated now that it is becoming rare.